WHO WILL WIN?
Lemur
MEOW-HOWL
Brachiosaurus
HOOOOONK
THE SETUP

Lemur vs Brachiosaurus

Lemur
Lemur
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus

Pretend they meet in forest. Dinosaurs lived long ago. Look at the facts. Then you pick.

Would they meet?

No. Lemur and Brachiosaurus did not live at the same time. This meeting is pretend.

This is pretend and based on facts. Real animals usually hide or leave.

Read the facts. Make your card. The page waits to pick.

Corner A

Lemur

Lemur catta · A striped-tail spring with a lot of opinions.

Lemur
Home
Madagascar forests · Lives in Africa
Food
Plants and meat
Group
Hunts with a pack
Size
Lemur is tiny.

Fruit, leaves, and insects.

Night-leaning eyes and a nose for ripe fruit.

Loud in a troop, light in a 1-v-1.

  • Lemur is tiny and not very fast.
  • Fruit, leaves, bark, and the occasional insect snack.
  • They live on the ground more than most lemurs, touring Madagascar in noisy troops.

Family: Other lemurs, lorises, and bushbabies — the strepsirrhine fan club.

Corner B

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus altithorax · A living watchtower that ate the upstairs leaves.

Brachiosaurus
Home
Late Jurassic woodlands of western North America · Lived in North America long ago
Food
Plants
Group
Lives in a herd
Size
Brachiosaurus is giant.

Does not hunt.

A watchtower head.

Calm until it steps.

  • Brachiosaurus is giant and slow.
  • High browse: conifers and other tall plants.
  • Late Jurassic North America, sharing the Morrison world with Allosaurus and Stegosaurus.

Family: Other sauropods: Giraffatitan (the African look-alike), Camarasaurus, and the whole long-neck family.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

Stand them next to a grown-up. Who is bigger and heavier?

1.70 m

Grown-up

0.45 m

Lemur to scale

Lemur

12.0 m

Brachiosaurus to scale

Brachiosaurus

Height to scale. A grown-up is 1.7 m.

Lemur3 kg

About as heavy as a pineapple with a very extra tail.

Brachiosaurus35,000 kg

Head as high as a four-story building. Heavier than four African elephants stacked in a science dream.

Lemur

0.45 m · 3 kg

Lemur is tiny. 3 kg.

Brachiosaurus

12.0 m · 35,000 kg

Brachiosaurus is giant. 35,000 kg.

Kilograms are honest. A small animal can still have a strong tool.

Who would you pick for size?

TOOLKIT!

TOOLS

Teeth, claws, horns, venom, kick — what tools do they have?

  • Weapon: Tooth comb + leap
  • Armor: Stink-fencing
  • Senses: Night-leaning eyes and a nose for ripe fruit.

Lemur · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Column legs plus a neck crane
  • Armor: A body the size of a house
  • Senses: A watchtower head.

Brachiosaurus · labeled field diagram

Lemur40 psi bite
Brachiosaurus80 psi bite

Lemur

Tooth comb + leap

Tool: tooth comb + leap. Bite: 40 psi.

Brachiosaurus

Column legs plus a neck crane

Tool: column legs plus a neck crane. Bite: 80 psi.

A bite number is only one tool. Coils and kicks count too.

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Lemur
20 km/h
Brachiosaurus
10 km/h
Lemur20 km/h
Brachiosaurus10 km/h

Lemur

20 km/h

Lemur can go 20 km/h. That is not very fast.

Brachiosaurus

10 km/h

Brachiosaurus can go 10 km/h. That is slow.

A fast animal can miss. A slow one only has to connect.

Who takes the speed card?

HOME MAP!

HOME

They meet in forest. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
LemurBrachiosaurusBoth

Meeting biome: forest. Colored land is fossil range for dinosaurs and living range for zoo animals.

Lemur

This is home · Lives in Africa

Lemur lives in places like forest.

Brachiosaurus

This is home · Lived in North America long ago

Brachiosaurus lives in places like forest.

No. Lemur and Brachiosaurus did not live at the same time. This meeting is pretend.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Lemur
Plants and meat · Fruit, leaves, and insects.
Brachiosaurus
Plants · Does not hunt.

Lemur

Plants and meat · Fruit, leaves, and insects.

Fruit, leaves, bark, and the occasional insect snack.

Brachiosaurus

Plants · Does not hunt.

High browse: conifers and other tall plants.

A plant eater is not 'safe.' Hippos and elephants still end arguments.

Whose hunting or defending helps more?

MOOD!

MOOD

Alone vs team. This rumble is one vs one.

Lemur
Hunts with a pack
Brachiosaurus
Lives in a herd
Lemur5 grit /10
Brachiosaurus6 grit /10

Lemur

Hunts with a pack

Loud in a troop, light in a 1-v-1. Grit: 5/10.

Brachiosaurus

Lives in a herd

Calm until it steps. Grit: 6/10.

Pack and pride animals lose their backup in a 1-v-1.

Who is better for a solo meeting?

PING!

BRAINS

Who notices first and thinks next?

Lemur
6/10
Brachiosaurus
2/10
Lemur6 brains /10
Brachiosaurus2 brains /10

Lemur

6/10

Night-leaning eyes and a nose for ripe fruit.

Brachiosaurus

2/10

A watchtower head.

In the wild, brains often mean leave before it starts.

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Lemur
Lemur catta
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus altithorax

Lemur

Lemur catta

Other lemurs, lorises, and bushbabies — the strepsirrhine fan club.

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus altithorax

Other sauropods: Giraffatitan (the African look-alike), Camarasaurus, and the whole long-neck family.

Cousins are clues, not a score.

Not a fight point. Who has the wilder family story?

WILD CARD!

SPECIAL

What special move did they evolve?

Lemur
Sunbeam Sprint
Brachiosaurus
Sky-Salad Stomp

Lemur

Sunbeam Sprint

Ring-tailed lemurs sunbathe like yoga class, then bounce off like popcorn.

Brachiosaurus

Sky-Salad Stomp

It did not need fangs.

A secret move here is a real wild tool, not a video-game combo.

Whose special move would change the meeting?

YOUR SCORECARD

Your scorecard

Tap who has each fact. Then tap who you think wins.

  • SIZE & WEIGHT

  • TOOLS

  • SPEED

  • HOME

  • FOOD

  • MOOD

  • BRAINS

  • SPECIAL

Your card: Lemur 0 · Brachiosaurus 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

Keep going for the pretend meeting, then the science pick.

SKREEE!

THEY MEET

Lemur runs first. Brachiosaurus does not race. They wait in forest.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

CHOMP!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Brachiosaurus is heavier. Lemur uses tooth comb + leap. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

SNAP!

SPECIAL MOVES

Lemur tries the Sunbeam Sprint. Brachiosaurus tries the Sky-Salad Stomp. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Brachiosaurus!

A STOMP

You skipped a final pick. The facts still stamp a champ.

On forest, Brachiosaurus wins. Brachiosaurus is a lot heavier. Lemur would still win some meetings at home.

In the wild, most animals skip a fight. We still judge who the bodies and the place would favor.

Science card: Lemur 2 · Brachiosaurus 4 · ties 2.

Your card: Lemur 0 · Brachiosaurus 0.

The last page follows the whole animal — body plus home — not one bar chart.

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